Grand Prospect Hall

Grand Prospect Hall is a large Victorian banquet hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York. Local entrepreneur John Kolle built this ornate palace in 1892. Kolle hired a young architect, Ulrich J. Huberty, creator of Prospect Park's Boathouse on the Lullwater, tennis house, and Litchfield Villa. It is a four-story building faced in buff-gray brick in the French Renaissance style. It features pressed metal decoration originally painted in imitation of limestone.[2]

Prospect Hall
Grand Prospect Hall, November 2008
Location263 Prospect Ave., Brooklyn, New York 11215
Coordinates40°39′49″N 73°59′24″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1901
ArchitectHuberty, Ulrich J.
Architectural styleFrench Renaissance
NRHP reference No.99000460 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 15, 1999

Michael and Alice Halkias bought the hall in 1981.[3] Starting in 1986, the pair gained a measure of fame from starring in a series of cheaply shot commercials airing 20 times a day on local TV.[4] In 2019, Saturday Night Live aired a parody of these ads during their 44th season.[5][6]

The Hall is available as a filming location and has been used in The Cotton Club, Prizzi’s Honor, and The Royal Tenenbaums.[7]

The Grand Prospect Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Craig Morrison (September 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Prospect Hall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".
  3. "Grand Prospect Park Hall Owner Dies". Spectrum News NY1 | New York City. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  4. Cunningham, Jennifer; Fanelli, James (2011-01-13). "Grand Prospect Hall's penchant for cheesy ads pays off for owners raking in the dough". New York Daily News. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  5. Schwartz, Ryan. "Don Cheadle Hosts SNL: Watch Video of the Best & Worst Sketches". TVLine. Retrieved 2019-09-17. The cutaways to Cheadle (whose employee served as chef, photographer and DJ) were the best part of this commercial parody for the Grand Prospect Hall wannabe.
  6. "Don Cheadle/Gary Clark Jr.". Saturday Night Live. Season 44. Episode 4413. 2019-02-16. NBC.
  7. "Grand Prospect Hall – New York City's premier historic filming location". Archived from the original on 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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